The Quickest Way to Kill Your Muse
Death by Pineal
All artists have a muse. We personify our creativity and creative space and come up with a “Muse”. Personification makes the unwieldly process of creativity a bit more approachable. Because they are constructs of our imaginations, for the most part, Muses are also fragile. Creations in their own right, Muses deserve their own set of care.
One of the quickest ways to kill off the Muse, or at least injure it to the point of limited creativity, is to dishonor its creations.
Note, I wrote “dishonor”. The Muse can handle critique, criticism, judgment, and discernment. What the Muse can not handle is the dishonoring of a creation. We dishonor our creations, not when we judge them and find them lacking, that is part of the artistic process. We dishonor our creations when we are ashamed by them. We think to ourselves, “I should not have created that. That is really bad. Why did I even bother?”
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! Your creation can be good, great, bad, horrendous, credible, incredible, ugly or more, based on your standards or the standards of others, and still the Muse will remain intact. If however, you cross over into shaming your creations, wondering why they were even present in the first place, then, the Muse will stop.
Shame and dishonoring your creations is another way of saying, “I wish I had never created you.” And this, pierces the Muse’s heart.
Be gentle with yourself and your creations. Evaluate them, if you desire, but in the process always honor their formation and presence in this world.
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What you say is true. Just wondering what the painting “Death by Pineal“ refers to.
HI! Thanks for asking- the pineal gland opens up with awakening. Sometimes when we feel awakening, we feel so much energy, I think it feels like we are going to die
Ah yes, understand now! Thanks.
So, so true! Thanks for the excellent and always needed reminder!
You are welcome!
Wonderful Kim!
for sure never be ashamed of your own work, what ever that may be! Always be true to ‘how’ you do anything and honor your ways.
I once, no more than once, was told, in various ways that I could do ‘nothing’ and that I ought to be ashamed for doing x,y,z ‘that way’. Never ever make excuses for your work from the lowest deed to the highest deed.
great post
I love your support! thank you so much- your words are so very true
Helpful with my musical expressions, Thanks for the advice very useful.
Glad it could help! I realized how often I “dishonor” my creations and such thinking is not helpful.